InterGlobix Magazine Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Jasmine Bedi, sat down in conversation with Sanjay Bhutani, Joint President and Chief Business Officer of AdaniConneX, and discussed the present and future challenges and opportunities for India’s digital transformation—and how AdaniConneX is helping to support it.
How has the initial journey been as AdaniConneX navigates India’s ever-evolving data center landscape?
The journey from inception to our current standing has been both fascinating and incredibly rewarding. In leveraging the robust capabilities of our parent entities, the Adani Group and EdgeConneX, we are proud to have created new market opportunities that are reshaping industry dynamics.
At AdaniConneX, our core focus is customer-centricity. We have garnered the trust of our customers by closely aligning with their needs and delivering tailored solutions in India. Currently, we are actively executing multiple hyperscale deployments across the country.
Yet, this is merely the beginning. Our sights are set high as we aim to establish new benchmarks in the industry. The market is undergoing a significant transformation with the rise of AI, particularly with respect to the “megatrends” of sustainability and energy security. Through close collaboration with partners and the entire ecosystem, we are proactively developing innovative solutions to meet the evolving needs of our customers.
Our recent recognition as Frost & Sullivan’s Company of the Year 2023 in the South Asian data center infrastructure and operations industry underscores the impact we have made. Importantly, the credit for this success goes to our people and a robust culture characterized by excellence, collaboration, and customer-centric values.
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Subscribe NowABOUT SANJAY BHUTANI
Sanjay Bhutani has over three decades of experience in the data center industry and has led data center strategy for multinational corporations in addition to playing a pivotal role in the construction of Asia’s largest data centers and Internet Exchanges. He was also instrumental in the development of the policy and regulatory landscape that aided the growth of telecom and the digital revolution in India—which earned him a place in the top 50 influencers in Asia Pacific in 2020.
Bhutani was one of the leaders behind the formation of AdaniConnex, a joint venture between two industry giants: Adani and EdgeConneX. Under Bhutani’s leadership, AdaniConneX aims to build India’s largest and most sustainable data center platform, powered by 100 percent renewable energy with a capacity of 1GW, over the next decade. Prior to his work with AdaniConneX, Bhutani served in executive roles at Global Cloud Xchange, Tulip Telecom, and Bharti Airtel Limited. He earned his MBA in marketing from the Institute of Management Technology in Ghaziabad.
